And the England midfielder has revealed he’s not heard ‘the C word’ mentioned by Jurgen Klopp or any of Liverpool’s stars at the training ground with everyone focused on winning games – not losing Coutinho.

The Brazilian rebel has missed the start of the campaign citing a back injury, with his wrangle to join Barcelona played out in public.

The Spanish giants have tabled several bids for Coutinho this summer – the latest for £114million – after selling Neymar to PSG for £199m.

But even though the constant speculation has, privately, driven Klopp to distraction with endless questioning on the South American, Henderson and the rest of the German’s star-studded squad have kept their game heads on.

“That’s not been difficult at all, no, not really,” said Henderson.

“As players and professionals you expect things to happen especially when transfer windows are open.”